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Sam Gagner’s broken jaw is a rather ghastly sight (Photo)

Pictured here: Sam Gagner, Edmonton Oilers center, in his official 2013-14 portrait photo. Look at him … boy next door or local pastor or that one waiter at Ruby Tuesdays that knows what’s on tap right down to the seasonal brews.

EGADS! IT’S LIKE A SMALLER SAM GAGNER HEAD IS SLOWLY EMERGING FROM HIS LOWER GUM LINE!!!

Gagner tweeted that image with the following statement:

“Thank you all for the support. Excited to come back stronger and hopefully better looking than a few days ago.”

He’s scheduled to undergo surgery on Tuesday and is out indefinitely for the Oilers. It’s a tough loss for Edmonton, which will be without both Gagner and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Of course, the Nuge is simply rehabbing a shoulder injury after off-season surgery, while Gagner apparently was found roaming the ruins of Chernobyl by the looks of it.

He may be the first player in NHL to have an eight-point game and have eight teeth growing out of the same root. Godspeed in the recovery, good sir.

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